Ben is Co-Chair of the Standard Chartered LGBT+ & Allies network in the UK and during 2017 he led a rapid expansion of the network’s profile across the Bank globally. With the organisation’s full support he designed and implemented an extraordinarily successful Allies Program, set up a Trans* Committee to make sure that the organisation is doing the right thing for trans* employees and has organised numerous awareness events. Externally, he helped in the consultancy process for the UN Standards of Conduct for Business to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people, he works with one of the leading UK surrogacy agencies, Surrogacy UK, to help both gay and straight couples achieve their dreams of creating a family, and he is a dedicated mentor for a charity program to help young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, where LGBT+ issues are particularly sensitive.
